Stage is all set for the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his parliamentary constituency here on Friday. As Modi will address a public meeting at Wajidpur on Harhua-Sarnath Ring Road, it is all expected that he will also kick off the campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as during the two days, the PM will visit four states including UP, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana where he will launch project worth over ` 50,000 crore. In UP, as he will visit two major cities Gorakhpur and Varanasi, he will send his messages to the entire Purvanchal (eastern UP), covering more than one thirds seats of the state.
In Varanasi, Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 12,100 crore. All these projects will be launched at a public meeting to be held at Wajidpur. Apart from dedication to the nation the four-lane widening of Varanasi-Jaunpur section of NH-56, which has been completed at a cost of more than Rs 2,750 crore, making travel from Varanasi to Lucknow easier and faster. He will also inaugurate Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), an vocational training centre at Karsara village and many other projects.
Meanwhile, all the preparations have been completed despite heavy weather conditions. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya inspected the public meeting site and also reviewed the preparations at a meeting with senior administrative and police officers apart from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. Besides, UP Tourism and Culture Minister and Minister In-charge of the district Jaiveer Singh also arrived on two-day visit to ensure the completion of all the arrangements. Apart from this, the top police officers held a meeting to give instructions to the officers in connection with the security arrangements and rehearsal and other formalities were also completed.
The Deputy Chief Minister Maurya reviewed the preparations made so far and gave necessary guidelines to the officers after meeting at Circuit House regarding the proposed visit of the PM. District Magistrate (DM) S Rajalingam gave minute-to-minute details of the PM’s proposed programme and the preparations made by the administration so far. He also gave other details to Maurya.
In reply, the Deputy Chief Minister instructed to do complete profiling of the schemes received by the beneficiaries of PM SVANidhi, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Ayushman Bharat schemes so that it can be clear that how the deprived people are being given a way to live with self-respect by the government.
Maurya said that this Banaras tour of the PM is taking place on the completion of nine years of the central government, so we have to make complete preparations. He asked to pay special attention to cleanliness campaign and also asked to run awareness campaign regarding plastic continuously. He also instructed to make proper arrangements regarding drinking water, toilets etc for the people coming to the meeting place. Zila Panchayat Chairperson Poonam Maurya, Mayor Ashok Tiwari, MLC Hansraj Vishwakarma, MLA T Ram and others were present in the meeting.
Earlier, Maurya also visited Wajidpur after landing at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport at Babatpur and saw all the arrangements especially in view the rainy weather conditions.
He was accompanied by the DM, CDO and other top police officers apart from senior BJP leaders and inquired about all the sitting and other arrangements.